Deep Sea Embers

Duncan looked at Mr. Morris standing on the first floor with some surprise. He was surprised at the embarrassment on his body and the obviously strange expression on his face.

He walked down slowly and greeted the old scholar: "Good day - what happened? You look like you just ran here in the wind and rain?"

"Dun...Mr. Duncan," Morris finally came to his senses. He put the mysterious blond lady aside for the time being, took off his wet hat and walked forward, "I need your help. ...I don't know how to explain this to you, and I don't know if you are willing to take action, but...I found that there are final preachers operating in the city, and they have tampered with the history of Pulande, I... "

The old man said and suddenly got stuck.

He seemed to suddenly realize how reckless and impulsive his behavior of asking for help was, and realized that his own behavior of asking for help from an unknown subspace being was irrational... Will Mr. Duncan help with this? Why would he do this? Does the survival of mankind and the survival of city-states matter to him? What threat did the preacher finally pose to him?

Did he act so impulsively because of the friendly attitude shown by this subspace being before, or because the other party happened to show concern about certain things last time?

Morris was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Duncan nodded slightly.

"I know."

This chaotic starlight, broken mirror, giant of light and shadow - the skin of a mortal, stood on the stairs and said to him calmly.

"You... know?" Morris was stunned, but then he reacted, and the expression on his face became particularly weird, "Ah, yes... of course you don't need me to remind you, I..."

The old man threw his hat aside, raised his hand and patted his forehead, as if he felt that he had made a mistake, and muttered: "I'm so stupid, I thought you wouldn't notice the things in the city-state." Abnormal, then you must also know Fanna..."

Duncan immediately frowned slightly: "Fanna? That city-state judge who has a good relationship with Heidi? What happened to her?"

"Vanna...'disappeared," Maurice was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Duncan to react like this, but he still said subconsciously, and then quickly added, "I'm not saying she disappeared, but starting from today Suddenly disappearing into the real world, Heidi forgot Vanna’s existence, and no one else remembered her, even the city-state’s newspapers…”

Duncan walked down the stairs quickly. When Morris was halfway through speaking, he realized that the situation was complicated, and his expression became serious at this moment: "Sit down and speak slowly. Alice, go prepare hot tea - do you remember how do it?"

"Okay, Mr. Duncan."

Morris saw the blond woman with an elegant and mysterious temperament stand up immediately after hearing Duncan's order. At the same time, he also noticed that every movement of "Miss Alice" seemed slightly weird-many of her movements were strange. Very small, with a strange sense of caution and restraint, which was reminiscent of those ancient nobles with excellent upbringing and family inheritance, and made him even more curious about their identity.

But his curiosity gave way to the current situation.

After sitting down at the counter, he immediately told the "antique store manager" in front of him about the abnormal situation he noticed, and also told him about the difficulties and obstacles he encountered along the way.

Duncan listened with a serious expression and did not interrupt Morris's statement throughout. It was not until the other party finished speaking that he softly mumbled as if sighing: "Preachers of the End...are indeed a group of troublesome guys."

"This group of madmen who have exiled themselves outside the real dimension in ancient times will always pop up in the cracks of time. They are committed to destroying the continuity of history and pose a huge threat to the stability of the real world... But They rarely have the opportunity to make matters such a big deal," Morris said in a low voice. "Under normal circumstances, the protection of the gods will block the infiltration of the Final Evangelist, and the Flame Evangelist will continue to strengthen the historical barriers. , this time those madmen must have borrowed some other power to break the blockade..."

"Old sir, your tea." Alice came from the side and put the hot tea on the counter.

"Thank you," Morris said quickly. He had gone through a lot of wind and rain along the way and now he really needed a cup of hot tea to warm his body.

But as soon as he picked it up and took a sip, he couldn't hold it back, "Pfft——"

Duncan on the opposite side had a blank look on his face: "Let's just eat it. At least she really found where the tea leaves are, although the dosage is still open to question."

Morris turned his head and glanced at the mysterious lady named Alice in astonishment, only to see that she was already leaning on the stairs, falling into a state of wandering mind.

...What is the origin of this mysterious man?

Duncan was chewing tea leaves calmly, confirming one thing in his mind.

The extraordinary beings in this world have indeed discovered the "non-linear" characteristics of the Final Preacher, and have targeted countermeasures.

But it now appears that these countermeasures are not always effective.

He closed his eyes slightly, and in the dark vision, distant green flames suddenly jumped at the end of his perception.

Morris looked curiously at Duncan, who suddenly began to "close his eyes and meditate": "Mr. Duncan, you..."

"Don't worry, Vanna is still alive," Duncan opened his eyes with a calm expression, "Just... living outside the current city-state of Pland."

"Can you confirm her location and status?" Maurice opened his eyes in shock. In fact, he was mainly here to convey the news of "historical pollution". He mentioned Vanna's situation just in passing. After all, from his perspective, There should be no connection between Duncan and the city-state judge, but he didn't expect that the other party would put his "eyes" on Vanna.

"I'm paying attention to her, she's a very good judge," Duncan said without explaining anything, just nodded indifferently, and then suddenly stood up from behind the counter, "Excuse me."

Morris stood up in surprise: "What are you going to do?"

Duncan was walking towards the stairs. He stopped when he heard this and turned around slightly: "Go and bring Vanna back - and take a look at what's going on over there."

Then he paused again and looked at Maurice's embarrassment: "Do you want to go upstairs and take a hot bath and change clothes? I'm taller than you, but you should be able to wear my clothes."

Take a bath in this warp lair and change into the clothes of an evil god? !

I dare not mention these two items among the "Four Major Achievements of the Crazy Scholar"!

Morris suddenly felt that his scalp was tightening, and he quickly shook his head: "No, no, no, that's not necessary, I'll just wait here..."

"Then please help yourself." Duncan nodded and walked up the stairs.

As soon as he went upstairs, he saw Nina and Shirley standing at the top of the stairs.

The expression on Shirley's face seemed a little uneasy. When she saw Duncan, she immediately came up to him: "Mr. Duncan, did... something happen?"

"Why do you say that?"

"We just...heard the noise coming from the first floor," Shirley rubbed her hands and lowered her head as if she had done something wrong. "Actually, it was Agou who heard it. It was said that Evangelist Zhenyan appeared again, and Historical pollution or something, and a person named Fanna is missing? She sounds like a very important person..."

Nina also looked over with an uneasy look on her face. She was obviously more confused than Shirley: "Uncle, what's wrong?"

"... some small things," Duncan looked at the two girls who were vaguely aware of the approaching unrest and were feeling nervous. After a brief pause, he comforted him, "You can just rest in the room. If you are bored, you can go to the first floor to accompany Mr. Morris. Let’s chat, sir, it’ll be okay.”

Shirley yelled, while Nina looked a little hesitant. After holding it in for a long time, she couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed Duncan's sleeve: "Uncle, I feel... I feel a little scared. Is it really okay? And What...are you going to do?"

Duncan stopped and looked quietly into Nina's eyes.

As he had noticed before, Nina's senses were actually very keen - it wasn't that she couldn't detect anything, she was just too sensible.

But the current situation slightly exceeded her "sensible" boundaries.

"Uncle, I'm actually a very powerful person," Duncan suddenly laughed and put his hand on Nina's head, "It's just that I can't explain it to you right now... You should stay with Shirley for a while, and wait until things are over." It’s over, I’ll tell you what happened.”

With just this level of comfort, Nina still felt at ease. She nodded obediently and said in a very soft voice: "...Oh."

nina

Went downstairs with Shirley.

Duncan calmed down the expression on his face, quickly returned to his room, and called out the pigeon Ai Yin who was eating French fries on the Lost Home.

"We have to find someone," Duncan said with a serious face when he saw the pigeon appearing, before the other person could say anything, "Business, important business, after we finish it, we will double the ketchup."

Ai Yin suddenly jumped up on the spot: "Loyalty cannot be expressed in words, loyalty cannot be expressed in words!"

Duncan exhaled slightly, and once again calmed down, sensing the distant, beating flames.

That was the mark he left on Vanna,

What happened to Vanna was an accident for him, but this accident also brought unexpected gains.

Through Vanna's "window", he perceived something else just now - those flames he had released in Shirley's "dream" before!

Those flames briefly appeared in the chapel in Block 6, and then disappeared as the curtains closed again. He could only confirm that the flames were still spreading, but could never accurately locate them. However, now... he could clearly Feel the existence of those flames, feel those flames around Vanna!

Although I don’t know how all this happened, there is no doubt about one thing——

Vanna reached the other side of the curtain.

And now, this powerful inquisitor who carries Duncan's "mark" has become a channel for Duncan to intervene in the curtain.

"Walking in the spirit world."